Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Ephesians 2:6

"and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:" — Ephesians 2:6 (ASV)

In addition to making us alive with Christ (v.5), God has “raised us up” with him (GK 5283; cf. Colossians 2:12) and has “seated us with” (GK 5154) him on his throne “in the heavenly realms.” Jesus actually left the tomb in which he had been laid and appeared to his disciples; forty days later, he ascended into heaven (Acts 1:6–11) and sat down at the right hand of the Father (1:20–21). Both these events have their counterpart in the experience of believers. Not only do they anticipate resurrection and glorification at the end of the age; they are matched by a present realization of the risen life in Christ and of our participation with him in his ascended majesty (Colossians 3:1–4).